Shoe buckle



S. M RIKER Dec. 15, 1931.

SHOE BUCKLE Filed Aug. 14, 1951 Patented Dec. 15, 1931 PATENT OFFICE SAMUEL M. BIKER, OF CHESTER, NEW JERSEY SHOE BUCKLE Application filed August 14,1931. Serial No. 556,966.

This invention relates to an improved construction of buckle which is especially adapted for use in connection with the fastening straps of shoes or slippers.

This invention has for its principal object to provide a buckle body having comparatively widely separated strap-receiving loops, with one of which is cooperatively arranged a pivoted buckle tongue, an integrally formed attachment and spacing bar being provided in longitudinal extension between said strapreceiving loops, said bar preferably being of laterally tapering conformation and having transversely opposite marginal notch-es or openings to form means in connection with which may be sewn stitches for attaching the buckle to a shoe or slipper side, whereby the buckle is securely held against displacement from its normal attached position on said shoe or slipper side, and yet is free for more or less easy tilting movement relative to the point of attachment so as to render the same easily manipulated when coupling a free strap end thereto and therewith; a further advantage of the novel attachment bar formation being that it may be made very narrow as compared with the width of the strapreceiving loops, so as to be entirely concealed when the free strap end is coupled with the buckle, thereby enhancing the neat and trim appearance of the latter when performing its fastening functions.

Illustrative embodiments of this invention are shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a face view of the novel buckle of this invention with a strap member operatively coupled therewith; Fig. 2 is an edge View of the same; Fig. 3 is a face view with the strap member disconnected therefrom, this view showing the novel attachment and spacing bar of the buckle and the sewn stitches as operatively related thereto for securing the buckle to a shoe or slipper side; Fig. 4.- is a view similar to that of Fig. 3, but showing the sewn stitches in horizontal section, to more clearly illustrate one arrangement of fastening stitches relative to the attachment bar; Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view, taken on line 55 of Fig. 8, but drawn on an enlarged scale; and Fig. 6 is a View similar to that of Fig. 3, but showing a modified arrangement of fastening stitches relative to the attachment bar.

Similar characters of referencerare emloops. 6 and 7, which may be of. any selected ornamental shape .and: configuration, the same being arranged in separated longitudinally spaced apart relation. Integrally connected with the opposed sides of said loops 6 and 7, so as to extend longitudinally there- "if between, is a combined attachment and spacing bar 8 of laterally tapering shape, having, 21d]2lCGIlt to the juncture of its broad end with the loop 6, a perforation9 contiguous 10 of a buckletongue 11 maybe engaged with ,the inner side of .said loop 6, so that the tongue'may cross the loop opening to permit engagement of its free end with the outer'side of said loop 6; the narrow end of said bar joining the inner side of said loop 7.

The buckle is adapted to be attached by sewing to a side portion or wing 12 0f a shoe or slipper- One method of so attaching the buckle is shown in Figs. '1. to 5 inclusive, wherein the attachment bar 8 is provided, intermediate its ends with transversely opposite indented marginal notches 13, forming therebetween a neck 14. The sewn fastening stitches 15. are sewnthrough the shoe or slipper side portion or wing 12 to pass over or through the marginal notches 13 and. across the neck 14, thus not only securing the buckle in place, but, by reasonv of the seatin of the stitches 15 within the notches'13, a so pre venting any longitudinal shifting. or displacement of thebuckle relative to the desired position of attachment, while nevertheless leaving the buckle comparatively free for such tilting movement relative to the;point Cil Referring to Fig. 6 of the drawings, there is shown a modified arrangement of fastenthe opposite ears 17 and through the thus enclosed notches 13, to securely hold the buckle in anchored relation to the shoe or slipper side or wing 12, and yet free to tilt or rock about the point of attachment thus provided.

When applying the strap-member 16 in operative coupled relation to the buckle, the former passed beneath the outer side of the loop 6 upwardly through the interior thereof, whereupon the buckle tongue 11 may be engaged through a selected perforation 19 of the strap-member in the familiar manner. After the strap-member is thus engaged, the free end thereof is passedover the attachment bar 8 and thenthroughthe opening of loop 7 to pass beneath and beyondthe outer side of the latter. When the strapmember is thus engaged with the buckle, it will cover over and entirely conceal the attachment bar 8 and associated stitching (see Fig. 1), thus attaining a buckle and strap relation of extremely neat and attractive appearance.

c Having thus described my invention, I claim a I v1. In a buckle, a body comprising a pair of longitudinally spaced strap-receiving loops integrally interconnected by a relatively narrow combined spacing and'attachment bar extending centrally between said loops, a buckle tongue pivoted to and extending across one of said loops, and said attachment bar having transversely opposite marginal thread engageable portions intermediate its ends whereby said buckle body is retained against longitudinal displacement relative to fastening stitches applied thereto while yet being free to tilt relative to its point of attachment. a

2. In a buckle, a body comprising a pair of a longitudinally spaced strap-receiving loops, a longitudinal bar integrally connected with and extending between said loops, said bar being laterally tapered from one loop to the other and having a perforation at its broader end contiguous to the adjacent loop, a buckle tongue having'a pivoting knuckle engaged through said perforation and around the inner side of the latter loop to extend across the same, and said bar'having transversely opposite marginal thread engageable portions adjacent its narrower end- 3. In a buckle, a body comprising a pair oflongitudinally spaced closed strap-receiving loops, a relatively narrow combined loop spacingand attachment bar integrally counected-with and extending centrally between 

